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Paying foreign cheques into Children's Accounts

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Hi,

I have recently opened a Child ISA and Child Savings account at Nationwide for my daughter, but recently received a cheque from America in dollars in her name and they say the cannot process it. Please can you tell me the best solution?

Many thanks,
Chris

:money: :j

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  • eDicky
    eDicky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
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    The best solution would be to send the cheque back and insist on a bank transfer, providing account details.
    Evolution, not revolution
  • Do you think I can pay it in to my account with her birth certificate then transfer it to her account? C :j
  • cjwa wrote: »
    Do you think I can pay it in to my account with her birth certificate then transfer it to her account? C :j

    No. Although if the name on the cheque exactly matches yours you could, without the need for the birth certificate.

    Out of interest,Mohicans bank has rejected the cheque.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Out of interest,Mohicans bank has rejected the cheque.

    I'm not sure what word that was supposed to be but it surely rates a :eek:
  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    Why a poll?.
  • pinkdalek
    pinkdalek Posts: 1,355 Forumite
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    I am not understanding why Nationwide would not accept the cheque at least into the normal account. ISA I could understand if the amount exceeded the annual limit. I would have thought the cheque could be accepted but it may take longer to clear as sometimes foreign drafts have to be sent back to the bank direct for negotiation. Ususally there is a fee for collection but that would be standard across all banks.

    Go to a normal bank and open accounts with them rather than use an organisation that quite clearly only wants to be a bank when it suits them.
  • pinkdalek wrote: »
    I am not understanding why Nationwide would not accept the cheque at least into the normal account. ISA I could understand if the amount exceeded the annual limit. I would have thought the cheque could be accepted but it may take longer to clear as sometimes foreign drafts have to be sent back to the bank direct for negotiation. Ususally there is a fee for collection but that would be standard across all banks.

    Go to a normal bank and open accounts with them rather than use an organisation that quite clearly only wants to be a bank when it suits them.

    A quick Google search told me that as a building society they do not accept foreign cheques for anybody.

    http://www.nationwide.co.uk/~/media/MainSite/documents/support/payments-transfers/P1078_OverseasPayments.pdf
  • agrinnall wrote: »
    I'm not sure what word that was supposed to be but it surely rates a :eek:

    I'll blame Apple.
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,937 Forumite
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    I think we're expecting what's probably the country's biggest building society to be identical to a bank, when it's explicitly not. It has offered current accounts for decades (and good ones from my experience), but it's just not a bank. If you went into a branch with tons of coins to change into notes or vice versa, they couldn't do that either.
    This part of the main website might be helpful.
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  • pinkdalek
    pinkdalek Posts: 1,355 Forumite
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    A quick Google search told me that as a building society they do not accept foreign cheques for anybody.

    http://www.nationwide.co.uk/~/media/MainSite/documents/support/payments-transfers/P1078_OverseasPayments.pdf

    Strange as when I worked for a building society in a previous job we accepted cheques in foreign currency.
    Like I said Nationwide the building society who really want to trade like a bank but only when it suits them.
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